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Put Options or Collar Can Reset Your Short-Term Capital Gains Holding Period For Stocks To Zero, Or Worse

It's a bit complicated, but under IRS Title 26, most* positions which combine normal stocks and options on that stock which hedge or lower the risk of losses are considered…
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Open Interest

Open interest in options is how many live contracts are currently held. Larry Williams points out that when there's a lot of open interest, there's nobody left to buy. It's…
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Trading Thesis

Traders refer to a "thesis" a lot. I've come to believe this is just jargon for a hypothesis. "I think it will do this".